Close Enough

Chapter 5

She was devastated. Of course it was obvious he didn't want to continue it, but still it hurt to hear something that wasn't for me, but for my best friend.

"W-why??" She asked... a little weak.

She sacrificed for that relationship. She trusted him to take care of her. And now he'll break that trust.

She put her hands in her pocket in an attempt to hide the fists her confusion and anger created.

"Because I don't think I like her anymore." He looked down...

She wanted to scream, strangle him, pin him against the wall and punch him in the face.

But she kept it inside and took a deep breath. She looked down before replying,"Why did you have to tell it to me? Why aren't you brave enough to tell it to her instead? Why didn't you tell her when it started? Why...".

She lost her words, closed her eyes, and tried to keep her sobs from escaping while three consecutive tears fell from her left eye.

"You know what... bye. I can't even..." she ran to her room, hands in pocket, head down.

She stood in front of the door, catching her breath when Don arrived.

He put a hand on her shoulder and said,"Hey, you seem stressed. Are you okay?".

She smiled,"I'm okay. Just *inhale and exhale* tired from running.".

"Then why are you crying?" Don asked.

"I..." She paused to touch her face, realizing that she really was crying,"It's nothing, that's sweat not tears.".

Don escorted her to her seat, knowing she's stressed despite her not telling him. He knows that he doesn't have the right to ask her what's wrong since, they've just met.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Tiff waved her hand in front of him, taking him out of his daze.

"Nothing's wrong..." Don smiled as he settled into a chair and read the book he had in his hand.

He thought of how alike they seemed and said,"You know... you just met me and that makes it hard for you to open up. But sometimes it's easier to open up to strangers because they won't judge you. If you don't want to say anything, it's fine but please remember that I'll be there, okay? Even if I'm not a stranger anymore." He flipped through his book while Tiff just looked at her.

Her eyes widened with the realization that there was someone who can see through her. Someone that's a stranger. Someone she just met.

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"Hey..." Fannie fetched Tiff from her classroom,"I'm sorry."

"Sorry? For what?"

"I'm sorry you had to go through that for me. You really didn't have to."

"He broke my heart once for yours. I should've seen it coming. This is my fault and I need to make up for it."

"What?" She stepped back. Broke her heart once...? "What do you mean?" (A/N: *cue jb music* jk AHAHAHAHAHA keep going)

Tiff sighed. She hadn't told anyone about this,"Before you two were together... you know that we were absolute best friends, right? I was in love with him. But at the same time I knew he loved you. He told me. He also told me to stop loving him. So I didn't bother. I did everything in my power to bring you two together because I knew that it would make him happy. Doing so, I saw that you were happy too. I kept doing what I did, took photos of you, gave you advice, helped you with your plans for each other, but every. Single. Time. It hurt. Then I moved on, knowing you were happy. And this happens. I'm so sorry."

Fannie pulled Tiff in for a hug,"It's alright. It's not your fault. None of it's your fault." She caressed her hair while Tiff was just standing there steadily, trying to keep her tears in. She succeeded as usual and removed Fannie's hand.

"See you." She smiled and turned around. She tried to walk away but Fannie held on to her arm,"Forget about it, okay? None of this is your fault."

Tiff smiled at her again and removed her hand,"Okay... but can I be alone for a while? I have things to do."

Fannie waved at her while she walked away. She knows that Tiff will be fine. Nothing to worry about, her best friend always gets through this. She has gone through things far worse than just that. A crime, an accident, a broken home. She believes that she is strong. And that's exactly what she loved in her.

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A/N:

Hey, guys. I missed you. I can't believe my last update was months ago. I'm sorry. I've just been going through things and lost track.

I'll try making it up to you, okay?

I love you guys.